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Gen V

Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb

Trait: Sheer Force

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

Earth Power

Ice Beam

Thunderbolt

Flamethrower

Just an incredible sweeper. Sheer Force and Life Orb (which has no recoil) make Nidoking do a ton of damage. You'll also be hitting pretty much every foe for neutral or super-effective damage. This thing tears through Pokemon in UU.

even though alot of people already tested it and this answer is really old
i tested it and it works
nidoking uses flamethrower+sheer force on aggron at half hp lost
nidoking uses flamethrower+sheer force+life orb on aggron ALOT MORE HP LOST

The life orb does a set amount of damage. It only takes off 10% of your max HP each turn, so sheer force does absolutely nothing to the life orb. You could inflict 300 Hp damage and still only lose a small portion of health.

Kiadthenickl, Life Orb increases damage by 30%. Sheer Force increases damage by 30% but removes secondary effects (chance to inflict status effect, stat increase for user, stat decrease for target, etc.). Combined they increase the power of a move with a secondary effect by 69% AND it will induce no damage from Life Orb.

yeah i agree, i use Shadow Claw on my Nidoking and Poison Jab instead of Sludge Bomb. I'm not sure why people keep posting that Nidoking should have sp.atk moves when it has a higher base physical attack.

Same moveset as Nidoqueen, but with different EVs, nature, and item due to being faster and having better offensive stats. Nidoqueen was amazing, Nidoking is even more amazing. Earthquake and Rock Slide as always are amazing in multi-battles, with E-quake getting STAB and Rock Slide Sheer Force. Blizzard hits multiple Pokemon and is boosted by Sheer Force. Sludge Wave gets STAB, hits multiple Pokemon, and is boosted by Sheer Force. An incredible mixed sweeper and one of the best Pokemon for a multi-battle.

Nidoking frickin' loves Gravity support. 100% accurate Blizzard, Thunder, and Fire Blast. Earth Power that hits levitators and Flyings? Hell yeah, Nidoking is simply the best Pokemon to use in Gravity. It evens trumps Regice. Just put it on a team with a Regi, Cressalia, Chansey, you know, the bulky guys that can keep on using it when it runs out. Use Modest with Scarf, Timid with Orb btw.

Earthquake is STAB. Ice and Thunder-punch are bolt-beam-coverage. Fire-punch is coverage while Sucker-punch is priority. This set without Sucker-punch is the Physical version of the Special based Nidoking I use. This guy is just awesome.